Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-10-26
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THE SUNDAY school.

Notes on the Lesson for october
30-sThe Harvest ana
the Laborerx"
from Chicago Standard. BY nsv J. 4. Coonl
The lesson for the above dats may b found
in the ninth chapter Of Matthew. mon ~
thirty fifth to the thirty y-eiGhth vsrss, and
the first eight versus Of the tsnth chaptsr.
Time. probably A D. % in The winter. nsar
the close Of the second year Of Christ's min
istry. Place, cities and villages Of 0aiilsA Il
is not known from what village ~ twslvs
were sent forth
SPECIAL NN1IcH.
The Synagogue Tho synagoguo Vns ths
local, - the temple ct Jerusalem yas the ua-
tlonal house Of worship Of the JswA The ori-
gin OF the institution Ii uncertain. SONS Jew
ish writer's have referred it back TO The timsof
the patriarchs, but it probably had il rise dur
Ing the period Of the Babylonian captivity.
When, under the direction OF Ezra ~ snoiont
order OF things was re- ,stabliahed n JudeA
synsgoguss we're provided N the laegse toynA
for the benefit Of those who could no4 10 oflsnsr
than three times year or lees 10 The Holy
City. In the time Of our Savior thsse institu-
nons were very numerous, being found in al
most every town and village, however small
offerings Of The community, snd were main
tained IN the same way, or possibly By por-
tons OF the tithea In some instances, a. In
the case OF the pious centurion at Capernsum
luke vlL (: %, they were erected BY private
The 7sceive Apostles Simon hearing
@Peter. . stone sJamesn (Jscobl. thaA sup-
plants John, the grace Of Jehovah sAn-
drew, manly, . strong man sPhilip, warlike
liar SarsaolSnsws q gft Of God Gsrhsps tas
reward. .Thomas," twin-brother. sIhad-
deus the breast called also sLsbbeua,s tho
heart Matt <, ~ @Judas, the brOfhsr Of
James" Luke VI. 10, and John xiv, ~ Bi-
mon the Canangan," literally the sealous ono
murder, or confession, or man Of Ksrioth.
Josh. ~, 25). The first Interpretation strikes
US Is most fitting for the character sWhich
also betrayed him He was the traitor from
the first In the three lists Of Matthew, Mark
and Luke, notice. Peter always Arst the
three leading apostles always in the frst al
vision (of four and Judas always the last
What variety Of talent represented in these
twelve men! BY them Jesus Il to conquer the
The apostle Peter. Peters original name
was simon-k e, @hearer.n At his first meet
ing with our Lord he was given new name.
from which We have Peter from the Greek md
Cephas from the Hebrew, both meaning =
stone or rock His original and his new
name were sometimes combined, though be
was usually called Peter Critics have also
noted the fact that between the Lords death
and ascension he was more frequently called
simon, and afterwards simply Peter. He was
fisherman upon the Sea OF 0alilse, and had
Zebedee, and his own brother Andrew C(ett
4: IL 81 Luke s: l0l He was undoubtedly
man OF considerable properly and mot with
out education The statement in ACts 4: Is.
denotes that the apostles were mot learned IN
the schools. He was married man. and lived
in his own house or that Of his mother-in-iaw
Matt 8: l4. All except the lowest clAssss
among the Jews were familiar With the
Hebrew Scriptures, especially with the proph-
ecies concerning the Neesiah.
The APOSTLE Jame& He VS. . son Of Zsbe-
dee; his mothers name was Ealoma iCom-
pare Matt n: SO with Mark is: col He
probably resided st BethsAida; joined Jesus
with his brother John at the Hea Of 0alilee
(Matt 4: ~; is never mentioned IN The gos-
pe!s except In connection with his bro7her
John; was martyred under Hercd Agrippa,
4. D. a tActs ~: g. There q reason % s.
lieve that he and his brother John were own
cousins Of our Lord. tAbbotk q.
5.l,,s., a@ 1sai ssa y 90. ssa.s. ! = 81 N : @
with John the Baptist several r0kerences b
the New Testament indicate that his family
was one OF some wealth and social pooitiOn
mark ~: Luke =: 81 SS: 81, compare with
Mark 10: !; John 10: 2!l He appears 70 have
accompanied our Lord in His Afst ministry II
Judea, and he il the only one Of the evaneel-
lists who gives any account Of that ministry.
He Is mentioned frequently In connection with
Peter and James ~ especially intimate with
Jesus (Matt II: l; Mark 8: "; John Is: ~;
one most beloved by our Lord CJohn rs: q:
10: %; 20: 2; 81: z; 70: 24l OF his persopst
history subsequent TO the crucihxion littlo u
known. He wont into Asia, exercised pes
toralAupervsion over the Asiatic churchss,
was banished to Patmos, and probably died II
extreme old age natural DEATH (AbbottA
CONNECTING LuH
A new page 10 here opened In the record Of
Christs public ministry. After the ev0nts
narrated In the last Lesson, He revisited His old
homo at Nazareth, where He was again pre-
cause Of the unbelief Of the people g. Nark
6, Id Leaving Nazareth. He makes another
circuit OF Galiiee, preaching In the toVna and
villages, and bring himself into closs and gym
pathetic contact with the multitudss. who
instruction than they had hitherto received
from their false teachers And - The work
thus grows, and the harvest ripens, and more
laborers are needed, Jesus commissions the
twelve whom He had previously selsctsd 10 60
out in His name and aid Ia carrying forward
His work. Before sending them out how
ever, He further instructs them concerning
the methods to be employed in their mission
ary, laborA tBaptiss IsdcAer)
For parallel accounts. read Mark 8; l-l8
may be found in Mark s: 1919; Lake 3; ll-
10; and Acts 1: IL
GHE MISSION or THE TwuyE
l. Who were sent forth They were TIE
chosen apostles TO whom and their repreoen-
tatives Was committed the work Of the worid's
Is.~A Asxxs. Nl...a 49, ~
ceedingly limited. but through His apostles
II was TO broaden and strengthen. Buf while
referring primarily to the apostles, y0t Il q
true that every believer y one who u sent
forth-Sent forth ont Of self to Ill service. 10
ali clAssea, to all hands.
q Why they were sent forth. Three rem
eral reasons are indiMtsd: ~ Bsoause q
the urgent need Of suffering humanity; t&
Because Of the readiness Of The people - ~
csive their message; 81 Because ~ laborsss
& By whom they were cent forth q, -
One who had Himself gone forth, a. Who
Possessed Ill power 10 accOmplish Eao pur-
pose, 81 Who impaired that power 70 tkoae
now ass0ciated with Him
4 How they were sent forth We ~ this
70 have been 1) after careful seisoiion, q
After special PREPARATION. 9, 10 helpful pairA
8 To what work they wers sent forth W
should never FORGET that preaching Wa the
8IUDs WWA VI Cveu tho bPO4bs0Hb WWvxlHK ~
shove al else in its Importance and psrma-
nenca This, after AZ VS. thsir trus and
raculous power, was to be pefpetnated
through eli time. The importance of fail1-
fully performing the service appears booh
from the character Of Him who entoins tennd
from the immense significance Of the mGonam
10 lost man. And In this work they WGSo
simply continuing end extending what Chrss1
had begun
q The results Of their mission wore sucoess-
ful, = W might we'll suppose they would ~
A whole church q work Tor JesusI Thooo
IN liz ssrv,ce. nv q 20 with 3, power and schiess ~
sulta And the success Of this h1ut mto1ian.
asy enterpriss \ : pledge Of The issue h ~
thousand subsequent occasions WHEN -
chosen ones sho1ld 60 forth - the sarvipn u
TIE Kingdom. Hero Christ IN forInaa ~
insugufatss his conqus.t of th4 xeglds -